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Edwards POV

She took a deep breath and then she began.

"When Phil and my mom first got married we where like any normal family…except that Phil would be gone a lot for baseball…and my mom and him where so happy together, but me and Phil never really interacted that much though it did not really matter…But about two years after Phil and my mom got married Phil broke his leg walking to his car…and it was my fault really…I was suppose to put away the water hose but I forgot and he tripped," Bella seemed on the verge of tears but she continued, "and since he had a broken leg that took him out of the season and he lost his contract and well, obviously his job…So my mom had to get a job….and that meant Phil and I spent a lot of time alone together and it was usually fine except for when he was watching ba.." and she could not finish her sentence because of how many tears where flowing down her checks.

I did the only thing I could and that was to hold her until she felt like talking again. I whispered to her "It's not your fault Bella…No matter what he said, it's not your fault."

And at this, she looked at me dead in the eyes and said completely emotionless "But it is…If I had not been so stinking lazy Phil would still be playing baseball and we would still be a happy little family…and my mom would not have left me…She left because she hated me…She left because it was my fault...She left because…" and at that I cut her off.

"Bella, it is not your fault…Him tripping over a water hose is not your fault…Him beating you is not your fault…Him raping you is not your fault…Him terrorizing you is not your fault…It is his fault…It is all his fault!" I said trying to help her understand. When I was finished though, she just looked at me and then continued.

"But you don't understand. I drove him to drink…because I took from him what he loved…What kind of person does that…," and she couldn't look at me while she said this and then began to cry again and I held her closer, not caring about anything but her.

"Bella, I do not know what kind of person you see yourself as, but from the short time I have know you I can disprove everything Phil has told you…because your not a selfish person. Your actually completely and totally selfless and so much so that you put will make other people happy before what will make you happy…I mean you didn't tell anyone you remembered about Phil because you did not want to upset people, you went to Alice's stupid party even though you seem to hate parties…So look at yourself Bella and stop listening to what Phil has told you all your life…Please, Bella," I said in a desperate tone trying to once again get her to believe how true the words I was speaking were.

She took a deep breath and then continued "I use to fight back when he beat my mother,…but when ever I tried to help her she only seemed to get hurt worse…so…so I would force myself to stay upstairs until he was done…and then I would come down and tend to her wounds and bring her to the couch to sleep…or sometimes to my room…But eventually he got bored of just beating my mom and me…and the first time he…he raped me was when I was 13…It was actually my 13th birthday…and when he was done with me, he looked at me and said 'Isn't that the best birthday present ever?' and then he said 'Well, aren't you going to say thank you?…You stupid, little slut…Where are your manners? But I guess that is what your whore of a mother taught you' and then he'd just walked away laughing. I spent the rest of the night in the shower trying to scrub him off of me but I still feel it. I still feel dirty…" and she once again held onto me and cried…I felt bad before when I read about what Phil had done to her, but hearing her tell me was even worse. I wanted so badly to make her forget about all of this…to let her get a second chance of a normal childhood but I knew she never would and I hated it.

"But you get another chance…Phil is not here any more, you get a fresh start, Bella…You get a family that loves you…and you have Alice, Jasper, Rose, and me who love you, too…"

"But it's not a fresh start…I already have been…been…raped again…and I feel dirty here too…I mean I don't even feel safe in my own house…I still sleep in the closest…Scared that someone is going to come into my room and beat me…I could not even sleep in that stupid hospital bed without the nurses giving me sleeping pills…I don't feel safe anywhere!" I was upset and at the same time relieved to hear this…She had finally told me she had been raped here and all I needed was for her to tell me that Mike did it and I could finally beat the crap out of that guy.

"Bella who raped you?"

"I can't tell you…," she said meekly.

"Bella, you can tell me anything…Please tell me so I can stop it from ever happening again,"

"No…I do not want the whole world to know I am whore…I do not want everyone to know that I am not…" and she began to shake while she cried.

"Bella, no one will or does think that you are a whore…How could you think that…Being raped is not your fault. It is all his…Not yours, Bella …Please, just tell me,"

"I can't…Everyone will look at me differently…Everyone will know what happened to me,"

"No one has to know…Just tell me or tell Alice…or someone…Please Bella, it is not healthy to keep it locked up inside you…I will go get who ever you will tell right now…and I promise you they will not tell anyone…Please, Bella."

"Mike…Mike Newton…at his party…in his room…," she said meekly and then looked up at my face as if she was expecting me to be disgusted with her. But I engulfed her into a huge hug and said,

"I am sorry Bella…I am so sorry,"

I finally released Bella from my grip and looked at her and said "I know you do not want to tell anyone about this, but I think it would be best to tell Emmett and maybe even Jasper about it because I do not want you ever anywhere near him again."

"Why…Why do you care?…I am a filthy slut, but yet you treat me like a precious jewel…Why?"

"Bella, stop…Stop calling yourself a slut, whore, and all those degrading names…Bella, you are so strong and so beautiful that it is almost unbelievable."

She stared at me for a while and then finally spoke "I can't tell Emmett…but…can you tell him and Jasper for me…but only if they promise never to talk to me about it or anyone else ever again."

I was happy she was going to tell them…Well, technically she was not telling them. I was and it was a conversation I was not looking forward to since Emmett was probably going to go completely insane, but, none the less, I was happy she was at least going to let them know so I could have some help in protect Bella from that creep even though she would not file a report and get him sent to jail where he belonged.

SKIP FORWARD

After Bella had told me all about her mom and what Phil, James, and Mike had done to her, we got out of the closest and listened to music on my bed. We had found we both liked similar music. We both loved classical. We sat on my bed for a while, not speaking but just listening to the music. I kept staring at Bella out of the corner of my eye but she did not seem to notice. I saw that she had an actually smile on her face and she had her eyes closed just simply enjoying the music. I softly whispered her name but she did not look at me nor move an inch. I figured I would just let her listen since she seemed so focused on the music, but about two minutes later she started to speak. But what she was saying did not make sense.

"I …you…helicopter." Bella muttered. And I recognized this meaningless muttering as Bella's sleep talking.

A big grin immediately took over my face because Bella was sleeping. But she was not just sleeping anywhere. She was sleeping in a bed…my bed...and she had not slept in a bed with out sleeping pills since before she was 13…and if she was sleeping in a bed that meant she felt safe…and she was sleeping on my bed with me and to know that she felt safe with me meant everything in the world.

Well hoped you guys liked this chapter…I personally loved the ending and have been planning that for a while…and was really happy to finally get to write it….yea Bella feels safe with Edward!! And Emmett is going to find out about Mike…oh no Mike better watch out…lol….well thanks for all the reviews that really made me feel better since the only way I am going to really be communicating for a month is by writing….so I love reviews because that gives me someone to kind of talk to…lol wow I am a loser…oh well as always thanks for reading and please review in any form you like…(flames are accepted lol)…

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